f8 key problems

Hi sunikantipudi,

Can you try CTRL+ALT+F8
See if this does the trick.

Hope this helps!

nope that does not work

any kind of fn key or function lock key?
Try pressing this with F8

i tried that too.

what other solutions have you already tried?
Might be useful for me to know before I suggest them!

one of the solutions from this site suggesting to remove the power cable for 30 secs and rebooting it(as iam using a laptop i do not know how to do that)

you could try removing the cable from the back of the laptop and releasing and reconnecting the battery.
Have you also got an external keyboard you could try?

i tried it and it did not work. i removed the battery and tried it no use. i do have an external keyboar.

What model is the laptop?

sony vaio pcg-k315m.

Did you try the external keyboard yet? I had a similar issue and I couldn't get it to work with a different keyboard until I used a PS2 KB... USB KBs were of no help... is yours USB or PS2?

i have a ps2 keyboard but can just think of a way of connecting it to a laptop which does not have a ps2 port

you would use a ps2 to usb converter, but that would defeat the object...

i was just going to suggest that! It may or may not work, but it'll be worth a try anyway...

i will try it.

When you press your F8 key does it *feel* the same as when you press other keys? - you may have to take off the F8 key, clean any dust or dirt, re-align the little rubber peice underneath the plastic key and put the key back in. This is a delicate procedure so be careful. On my old laptop I have a few keys that don't work properly or I have to push them in very hard - get around this by using an external

ANOTHER WORKAROUND would be to set up your XP disk so that you're not shown the licence agreement - so you won't have to press F8 for it - this procedure still assumes that you agree to the same terms however

see this link in particular (you may soon find yourself reading more pages (at least the Beginner section)):
http://unattended.msfn.org/unattended.xp/view/web/19/

the item you're interested here is the one called "OemSkipEula=Yes"


Ryan R

I don't normally object, but I feel I provided good all-round info that could be used to fix this problem - I'd like some Author feedback at least to see if I can be more specific in one area or provide more info. At least PAQ this unless there have been heaps of similar questions with the same info in them.

Ryan